Improvement in spool-silk cases



danni @da SAMUEL ELMER, or AsHTABULA, oHIo.

Letters Patent No. 111,828, dated-February 14, 1871.

IMPR'QVEMENT IN SEOOL-SILK CASES.

The Schedule referred toin these Letters Patent and making parl: of the same.

To all whom it mayconcern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEP ELMnn, of Ashtabula, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented a certain and improved Spool-Silk Gase, of -which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the case.

Figure?. is a view of the top with the cover detached.

Like letters of reference refer to like different views.

The nature of this invention relates to a show-case,

parts in -the and the object thereof is to exhibit spools of dilerentcolored silks, and to protect them from being soiled with a plate of glass, F, and which is Vsecured to the case by the knobs G, or by any other suitable means. The practical use and operation of this case are as follows:

rJ'Jhe grooves in the side of the case referred to are filled with spools of silk H, also indicated by the dotted-lines l), each groove to contain but one color or quality of silk, as may be, and cach groove to contain a different color o1 quality from the other, and which color and quality is readily seen and examined from the outside, through the glass sides or plates F, without handling them, as the case can be revolved so as to bring each side thereof around for examination.

The top of the case and spools are protected by a cap, I, hence no dust can find its way to the spools while thus exhibited iu the case.

The spools are removed from the case at the lower end of the grooves by gently pulling them forward withv the finger from oli` the ledge J, upon which they stand. This is easily done, as the ledge is narrow, and the glass plates do not reach quite down to said ledge; hence there is sulicient room for the removal of each spool between the ledge and-the edge of the glass plate.

It will be obvious that, on the removal of one spool, those above will settle down, each one in snccession coming upon the ledge in the order of their arrangement. A I

By this device every color and shadeof the same can be exhibited and examined without handling the spools, and at the same time the spools' are carefully kept from dust and conveniently at hand.

The above-described case is shown as having eight sides, but which, however, may be more or less in number, as may be required; lor it may he of a cylindiical shape, having a cylinder of glass for the outside.

-The above-described octagoual case is, practically,

'the most convenient. I t is also easily made, and can be readily .taken apart and packed for transportation.

I am aware of the patent N o. 105,559, dated July 19, 1870 and do not claim for the device therein shown and described, as in that patent the spools cannot be taken from the case.` but at a single side, necessitating the revolving the case to bring the particular spool wanted to the opening at which it can be discharged; nor can all the spools in the case be seen at the saine time, as only small windows go through the outside case to expose to view one row of the spools in a side, while in my invention the spools are all seen through the glass oase, and can be taken from the case at any or al1 sides at the same time without revolving it, unless desired Qlaim. \Vhat I claim as my improvement, and desire to the purpose described.

SAMUEL ELMER.

Witnesses:

W. H. Brummen, D. L. HUMPHREY. 

